Word: tex
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dallas, Tex., William Ledbetter, wrestler, wrapped powerful thighs around the head of Kenneth Turpin, wrestler. He squeezed. Kenneth Turpin wriggled, got away, applied his thighs to William Ledbetter's head. Ledbetter wriggled, got away. These tactics (called by wrestlers the "head scissors") continued. Soon Kenneth Turpin dropped to the canvas. Inert, he was rushed to the hospital. Doctors found a broken neck. Turpin died...
...Referee O'Sullivan counted ten seconds, declared Dempsey the winner. Under the regulations this decision was final. Though he complained loudly after coming to, Sharkey entered no formal appeal from the decision. He bore no tell-tale bruise; did not seek medical examination. Tex Rickard, promoter of the fight, proceeded at once to arrange the second meeting of Winner Dempsey and Champion Tunney, in Chicago in September...
...ignore the Parisian species. Still, if you do need something with which to fill space, I prefer either one of the coons as a subject to the uninteresting, distorted views of the eminent Baltimore Sun reporter* on our worthy Chief Executive [TIME, June 20]. . . . C. V. LEMEN Wichita Falls, Tex. Son Tries...
...revue is not native while the night club is- even in a theatre. It has the perfection of a weed that grows unashamedly where Nature intended. It has the dignity of a hoyden who scorns the hypocrisy of petticoats. Undoubtedly, it lacks refinement and many another virtue. "Honestly, Tex," says a stage policeman along in the second act, "don't you think virtue pays?" To which the Soul of Candor replies with a tolerant shrug, "Sure, if you got a market for it, sure it pays...
...towns have City Manager governments of one type or another. Cleveland, with a population approaching a million is the largest City Manager municipality (City Manager, William R. Hopkins). Other outstanding examples of the City Manager system are: Sacramento, Miami, Kansas City (Mo.), Dayton, Cincinnati, Grand Rapids, Norfolk, Fort Worth (Tex.), and in Canada, Montreal. Rapid City, S. Dak., summer home of the U. S. Government, also is a City Manager city...